TOPIC:

Headed out of portage around 4:30 and setup for the East troll towards the port. Targeted 50-60’ of water and had our spread covering the whole water column. First hit was a small 3lb laker on a dispsy 35’ down with a spoon. Next came the acrobatic 12lb steelhead on a j9 rapala 80’ behind a board. Just finished adjusting the spread and the DR went off. 42’ down with a spoon took the 21lb king. In the next couple hours we released another laker and landed 5 total coho. All of them were respectable size. Lake was 50 degrees surface temp and we trolled 2.4-2.8 mph. The wave were still building when we got off the lake around 1pm. Looked like a couple other southend guys were out and I hope everyone had a productive day! Water clarity was 100% better this weekend.

Hell yeah! Great job.

I could not be more disappointed you didnt catch a brown to finish it out........ haha j/k - great job man

You are right. I didn’t even think about a brown trout. Maybe next time.

Excellent, what spoon did you use to take the King? Maybe fishing is on the upswing again.

Great job! Very nice King and Steel!

Four of the Five species is always a great day! It's called the Mini-Slam! Good going.....

Very nice! I was out there with the intention of going out to 60-80 fow but decided to check a hot waypoint from my last trip out in front of the dunes in 45 fow. Picked up a big laker then two 3-plus pound coho right away and decided to work the area. Ended up 12-for-13 with a two-man ticket by 11a. I released two lakers at the back of the boat but decided to keep two. One I wasn’t sure would make it if released and the other was a smaller one my buddy wanted for the smoker. The rest were nice, healthy coho including one that pushed 5 pounds. By far my best overall take of cohos.

Hot coho baits were Thin fins (gold and red/black squiggles) and green Yakima Mag Lips (3.5). Lakers hit Kevorkian and Blue Jeans spoons on the downriggers. There was a good chunk of time where I couldn’t keep lines in the water.

It was a magnum moonshine spoon. Green and chrome. 2 of my kings this year came on that spoon.